Oklahoma History Test 2

Why were there so many “All-Black Towns” in Oklahoma?

They wanted to have their own autonomy

• There was some talk about making Oklahoma an “All-Black” state

Which Oklahoma land run was bigger?

• 1889 Unassigned Lands

OR

• 1893 Cherokee Outlet

1889 Unassigned Lands

(more people)

The post-Civil War cattle trails that crossed present day Oklahoma were:

• Chisolm Trail

• Western Trail (Dodge City Trail)

• Great Western Trail

Helped develop our cowboy culture

The first state governor of Oklahoma was:

Charles N. Haskell

Who was Kate Barnard and why was she important?

She was elected as the Commissioner of Charities in Correction

• First woman elected to statewide office

• Got more votes than any other man (all men’s votes)

• Saw the Kansas jails (brought them home)

• Advocate for the poor and vulnerable

The Green Corn Rebellion originated in what Oklahoma County?

Seminole County

Cordell Christian College couldn't survive the criticism of what?

Conscious Objection

• Encouraging young men not to go off and fight

Alice Robertson was the second woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives, but she was the first to do what?

Presiding officer of the day

• She was the first woman to serve in the House of Representatives from a state that had recently gained statehood (or Oklahoma)

• First woman to defeat an incumbent congressman

The capital of Oklahoma moved from Guthrie to OKC in 1910 after what happened?

The people voted for it in a statewide vote to relocate the capital

Why did Socialism gain a foothold in Oklahoma?

Farmers were losing their farms (blamed banks)

• A combination of economic hardship, labor unrest, and the state’s rapid development

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was re-labeled the Tulsa Race Massacre after what event?

To show the victimization, violence, and severity of the event

• Following the 2019 publication of the 100th-anniversary report by the Tulsa Race Riot Commission

Bill Picket, a wrangler from the famous 101 Ranch is credited with inventing what?

Steer Wrestling (Bulldogging)

• Bit off their nose ^

• African American cowboy

The rise of membership in the KKK in Oklahoma during the 1920s was due to what?

Were anti-Catholic, Jews, Irish, Blacks,

• Anyone who was not them (Racial and Religious Tensions)

• Felt threatened by all the changes going on

• Post-World War I Social and Economic Anxiety

Why didn't OK House Speaker Alfalfa Bill Murray say he didn't need a bathtub in Guthrie?

He claimed they would only be there for six months

Who was the first Oklahoma governor to be impeached and removed from office?

John C. Walton

The second Oklahoma governor impeached and removed from office was declared incompetent due to what odd behavior?

The Canary (bird) Guy

• (Henry Johnston)

A newspaper society editor claimed Alfalfa Bill Murray would do what to the front yard of the governor's mansion if elected?

Plant potatoes (he did)

Gov. E.W. Marland's second wife had what previous position in the family?

Daughter

What changed President Theodore Roosevelt's mind to allow Oklahoma statehood?

Alfalpha Bill Murray

• took out all the offensive stuff

• that Oklahoma and Sequah would become one state

The 1890 Organic Act established the capital of the Oklahoma Territory in what town?

Guthrie

The Dawes Act of 1887 sought to change the tribal culture to individualism but it did not apply to the Five Civilized Tribes. Why?

They were already sovern nations

• congretional laws did not apply to them

Oklahoma Democrats suffered a temporary set-back in the 1928 Presidental Election because Al Smith was…?

Catholic

The Nellie Johnstone oil well was drilled in 1897 in what Oklahoma town?

Washington County, Bartlesville

The Oklahoma Constitution was 50,000 words, compared to 4,000 words in the US Constitution.

Why?

They were very specific

• trying to cut off any perceiving drama they may have

Gov. Alfalfa Bill Murray's "Red River War" with Texas was due to what?

Texas was charging people for crossing the bridge

• The Red River was Oklahomas

The famous Pioneer Woman Statue in Ponca City was a gift of which Governor?

EW Marland

Who were Lydie and George?

Children of Marlon (were nephew and niece of Mrs. Marland’s sister (they eventually adopted them))

• wife = Lydie

Why did Alfalfa Bill Murray run for President in 1932?

Someone nominated him (Henry Johnston)

• FDR got it (socialist, rich-elite snob)

• They (Murray and Johnston) hated FDR

The US Supreme Court's 1896 landmark decision Plessey v. Ferguson allowed the Oklahoma legislature to do what?

Jim Crow

• Had to have separate parts of the railroad car (blacks and whites)

• segregation

Vigilantism and lynchings were not infrequent in Oklahoma. Why did most occur?

1/3rd = racial incident

Horse and cattle wrestling

• so little law here (Indians)

• Racial tensions and discrimination

What was the 1955 "miscegenation" statute?

Marriage license of people of different races

Why were the 1920s called "The Roaring Twenties" in the United States and Oklahoma?

The economy was roaring

• things were humming along

• cars

Why did Oklahoma Mennonites change their town's name from Korn to Corn?

Changed it during WWI

• K went with German

• People changed their names

World War I was economically beneficial to Oklahoma farmers. True or False?

True

By 1920, only 4% of Oklahoma farmers had electricity. True or False

True

• hated everyone who had electric light switch in the citiy

Among the following, who was NOT an important Socialist in Oklahoma History? John Fields, Patrick Nagle, Oscar Ameringer or Fred Holt

John Feilds

• the exception

• republican

Why is the Huckins Hotel remembered in Oklahoma state history?

Where Denver stayed - his office

• flourished as the center of political and community life in early statehood

Who was Mary Sudik?

Owned the land that the wild Mary Sudik owned

• 11 thousand gallons of oils spewed out per day (all over Norman)

In 1914, OU and Oklahoma A&M were original members of the Southwest Conference. T or F

True